Week in My Life Recap

After having the camera pretty much attached to my hand for a whole week, I have to admit so far this week I have been walking around feeling like something is missing. The main thing I wanted to accomplish was to be aware and appreciate my everyday life for what it is. I think I accomplished that goal. Since Sunday I walk around more aware of every thing I do, how I relate with my family, what brings me joy, what creates stress. Definitely more alert of the dynamics around me.

In total, I took 284 pictures last week. This was surprisingly less than I expected since I have been know to take more than 200 at just one family function. I had hoped to work on the album yesterday since I was off work, but the day did not turn out as I had expected and just did not have the time to do it. I hope to be able to work on it by the end of the week and I will post some of the pages.

A few lessons learned from this experience:

1. I hate seeing pictures of myself. The ones that I posted I had to force myself to do it. I erased at least four out of five in which I was in.

2. I spend a lot of energy just trying to calm myself down enough to avoid passing my stress on to the girls. This, on the negative side, is very draining and leaves me exhausted because I am at a continuous war with myself. On the positive side, I can see how much I have progressed in not letting my mood just take over I have develop much more will power than I give myself credit for. Still a long way from the ideal, but I can see the progress.

3. I need to tweak things at home so I have time to take better care of myself. With the exception of the weekend, during the week I do not sit down to have breakfast or dinner, I prepare it for the girls and while they eat, I keep on doing things that need to get done around the house, etc. The few times I take time down to read a magazine or even take a nap, I feel like I’m wasting my time and not focusing on the things that are “important” or need taken care of.

Of course, there is a number of other issues that came to light in the documenting that I hope to be now better equipped to handle.

Did you notice any other patterns? Feel free to leave me constructive comments on things that jumped at you, from following my life for a week. Hope you enjoyed the experience along with me. I certainly did!